Pascal Humbert is a French bass player who has been in various bands like Tanit (1981-1985), Passion Fodder (1985-1991), 16 Horsepower (1992-2005) and Wovenhand (since 2008). He was in Lilium, a duo formation (2000) and in Détroit, the latter with Bertrand Cantat (2013).
Humbert's first artistic involvement was with Tanit, a band he formed in Paris with the beginning 1980s with Elsa Drezner and Thierry Bertomeu.[1] The band released two EP records, Can an Actor Bleed and To Alaska.
After meeting Theo Hakola, he travelled to the United States and established himself in Los Angeles as part of the American rock formation Passion Fodder from 1985 until 1991.
After Passion Fodder disbanded, he founded with David Eugene Edwards and Jean-Yves Tola the band 16 Horsepower that was active from 1992 to 2005.
Concurrently at various times during this period, he developed a parallel project with with Jean-Yves Tola (of 16 Horsepower) called Lilium created in 2000. Lilium released three albums of its own.
After the split-up of 16 Horsepower in 2005, Pascal Humbert played solo and within the band Santa Cruz as a double bass player, until he was contacted by a newly formed Wovenhead by David Eugene Edwards, and Ordy Garrison, and joined them in their European leg of tours before being integrated in the official line-up in 2008 and in recording of albums by the band.
His most recent collaboration has been the formation of the duo Détroit with rock musician Bertrand Cantat, formerly with Noir Désir that had been dissolved in 2011.
Humbert and Cantat were also part of a collaborative project for Lebanese-Quebec artist Wajdi Mouawad in Le Cycle des Femmes: Trois histoires de Sophocle (known as Femmes trilogy) within the context of Festival d'Avignon. The resulting 17-track album Chœurs of Greek choir renditions for the play was credited to Cantat, Humbbert, guitarist Bernard Falaise and drummer Alexander MacSween. As Détroit duo, their debut album is called Horizons, out in Novembre. The debut single from the album is "Droit dans le soleil" taken from the album.